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Changes coming to CherryVale Mall store lineup

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By Melissa Westphal

Melissa Westphal covers health care and retail, from news about local hospitals and federal health care reform to business openings and closings. She also writes about nonprofits and other general news.

CherryVale Mall will continue to experience changes to its store lineup this year.

CJ Banks, a women’s apparel store, closed its upper-level store at the mall recently. Donna Fauchald, vice president of real estate and construction for its Minneapolis-based parent company Christopher & Banks Corp., said the mall’s landlord needed the space, and the company does not plan to relocate in the Rockford market at this time.

Three new stores will open at CherryVale later this year.

Pandora, which specializes in personalized jewelry and charms, will open in a 1,546-square-foot space on the upper level near Macy’s and Teavana.

A Steinhafels Mattress store will open in a 3,445-square-foot storefront on the upper level near Bergner’s. Steinhafels is a Wisconsin-based furniture company, and this will be the first standalone mattress store outside of Wisconsin.

The company opened a furniture superstore last year in suburban Vernon Hills.

Marketing director Dirk Stallmann said Steinhafels has looked to Rockford before for expansion because it’s contiguous to the company’s delivery area.

"The ability for us to be at CherryVale is the right opportunity," Stallmann said. "It’s a great location."

Steinhafels likely will open by mid-September.

Red Mango, a frozen yogurt and smoothie shop, will join the outdoor lineup of The District at CherryVale, near Chico’s. Red Mango already has a location in Rockford near Spring Creek and Perryville roads and along Illinois 173 in Machesney Park.